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Old 08-10-2006, 03:29 PM   #7
JohnR
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Originally Posted by likwid
john, switch the domain over to the new server first with it forwarding back here until you have the new site up totally.

ie: gives you plenty of time to move the entire site then turn off the fowarding for instant access to the new site.
The dynamics of the site with the forum and especially with the way that attachments are handled requires that I take a point in time after I have verified proper syncronization of the rest of the site and blast over the last two gigs of data that has changed at the last minute, flip the DNS switch, put in links and notices on the old box, and do a hail vinton cerf ...

Now, were I too have a standalone DB server


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Originally Posted by MrHunters
you can do all that but just make sure your gazintas arn't mixed up with your gazoutas

good luck.. i hate migrating stuff.
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